Tonari no Neko to Koi Shirazu - Ch. 24

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Thank you so much for the translation!

This manga is pure bliss to read! :)
 
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Three things:
a.) Hats off to the TL crew for the cat-ified typesetting, it's such a joy to see and really makes it show how much you'all care about this manga.
b.) Seno being distraught with being called cute is a teen trope - teenage guys want to be seen as 'cool' not 'cute'. Gender norm conformity thing about 'guys needing to be seen as masculine otherwise they're not manly'. Just the manga showing its target audience.
c.) The last panel 'this (being called cute) doesn't make me feel squirmly like it did back then'. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this referring to backstory untold by the author yet? Maybe she was paraded around by everyone around her as a younger kid and all that attention traumatized her into being the recluse she is now.
B. I'm a 43 year old man. Being called cute wouldn't bother me. But I'd disagree with it. Cute is a 3 year old in their sunday best or a little puppy dog. I have no idea how that could apply to me and would much rather be seen as smart, reliable, or cool.

C. She is refering to when he called her cute. It gave her butterflies in the stomach, which she did not get when her friend called her cute.
 
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c.) The last panel 'this (being called cute) doesn't make me feel squirmly like it did back then'. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this referring to backstory untold by the author yet? Maybe she was paraded around by everyone around her as a younger kid and all that attention traumatized her into being the recluse she is now.
"Back then" means a few pages before, when Minato called her cute :thumbsup:
 
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Does it bother anyone else that this dude hasn't made a single friend other than the fl. Like wasn't that his entire goal going into highschool
 

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